How long free sites stay online

Free sites stay online 30 days at a time — one click in our email keeps a site online for another 30. When a free site’s 30 days are up, an email goes to the address on the account with a “Keep my site online” button. The dashboard shows how many days each free site has left, and from the email on it has the same button. Each click gives 30 days from that click.

If nobody clicks within 7 days, the site goes offline. For 30 days after that, one click brings it back; then it is deleted. Nippy sends a reminder the day before the site goes offline and an email when it does. An offline site keeps its address and its place in the plan’s site limit, and visitors see a “Site unavailable” page. Warnings follow seven days and one day before deletion; deleting the site yourself frees the place sooner.

Sites on a paid plan never expire. Upgrading takes every site on the account off the 30-day clock and brings an offline site straight back. If a paid plan ends, its sites move to the free rule with a fresh 30 days. Free sites published before this rule started are not affected, and the Free plan itself has no end date and needs no card.